Lynyrd Skynyrd – Street Survivors
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1977 album Street Survivors.
Music from Street Survivors
Artists on Street Survivors
Gear Used On Street Survivors
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Lynyrd Skynyrd – Street Survivors (1977). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Steve Gaines
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Guitars used by Steve Gaines on Street Survivors
Alvarez Acoustic 6 String Guitar
According to scribd and a picture on scribd, Steve is seen during the recording of the Street Survivors album playing an Alvarez acoustic guitar and is noted with using it on the album.
Avg price: $78,000.00
In this picture, you can see he has a Fender Stratocaster and can tell it is from 1954 - 1960 by the headstock shape. It can be further narrowed down by black fret markers on a maple neck which was standard in 1954 and 1955. He used this guitar in the studio sessions for "I Know a Little" and "That Smell" from Street Survivors. There are only a few pictures of the guitar because he only made one album with the band before his death. When performing live he used a 1964 Stratocaster.
Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar
Avg price: $622.79
Steve Gaines used the Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar as one of his main instruments, as documented in Sean's "Lynyrd Skynyrd - Steve Gaines Equipment History" on Scribd.
Gibson Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar
Avg price: $5,496.40
Steve is seen playing a Gibson Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar.
Allen Collins
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Guitars used by Allen Collins on Street Survivors
Avg price: $9,443.50
Allen Collins is confirmed to have used the 1958 Gibson Explorer guitar while recording four of Lynyrd Skynyrd's debut albums, including the track "Free Bird," as evidenced by a photograph from the source.
Gibson Explorer Electric Guitar
Avg price: $2,483.57
In this live performance of "Gimme Three Steps", Allen can be seen right at the very beginning of the video playing this Explorer. He is believed to have bought this guitar between 1974-1976, bu did not begin using it until 1976.
Leon Wilkeson
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Bass Guitars used by Leon Wilkeson on Street Survivors
Avg price: $1,285.37
According to the document "Lynyrd Skynyrd - Leon Wilkeson Equipment History" by Sean on Scribd, Leon Wilkeson used a Fender Precision Bass during the prime years of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Gibson Thunderbird Non-Reverse
Avg price: $1,862.94
in this photo leon is using a non reverse gibson thunderbird next to gary rossington
